Welcome to BIMcollab ZOOMOpen one or more IFC files and point clouds and navigate through the federated model.

Browse through the IFC properties and do (visual) quality checks.

Evaluate BIMcollab issues in team meetings with the models at hand and let reviewers easily join the

process of issue-management.

Navigation, smart viewsor issue management

Projection and navigation

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

Overview

Overview

Working with projects

A loaded file set can be saved as a BIMcollab ZOOM project file.

Easily load, unload and update the models in your project.

Give prefixes to files to organize the models.

Load IFC files automatically on opening a project or manually by selecting them.

Model tree or type tree

Open and connect Manage selection set

Change visibility Dimensioning Annotation and color

Zoom Views Clipping planes Search

Property sets

Component properties

Status bar

Browse model components

PALT

TRC

EA

B

M

Moving section planes

Dimensioning tool

Point clouds

Open E57 or text based files to visualize point

clouds in ZOOM.

Combine with IFC to check ‘as-build’ against

‘as-designed’.

Point clouds can be colored, sectioned and

visualized in the same way as with IFC files.

For large point clouds you can use the partial

loading feature to increase performance.

Do this by right clicking the file in the tree.

Tree views

The tree views offer insight in the structure of

models and the components they contain.

Sort and group the tree view based on:

• Containment, grouped per loaded

IFC model

• Objecttypes, combined from all models

Right-click items in the tree on any level to

show additional options.

Double-click on tree item to zoom to object.

Properties view

Review all IFC properties of any component

selected in the 3D window or in the IFC tree.

The summary tab shows most important

properties in one overview.

Right-click on any selected property to show or

hide components with similar values.

Right-click on file paths or hyperlinks to open

directly in browser or file viewer.

Quick Start Guide Navigate

Quick Start Guide Navigate

Fly mode exploration

Mouse and keyboard bindings

Orbit mode pan

CTRL

CTRL

CTRL CTRL

CTRL

CTRL

CTRL

CTRL

CTRL

Rotate

Change section

box size

Hide selected section plane

Select through

section plane

Change fly speed

Elevator down / up

Move

Context menuFly mode: Turn

Orbit mode: rotate

Zoom

Pan

.,

EWQ

DSA

Move faster

T

F

M

L

R

ALT

ALT

ALT

SPACE

SPACE

Handy shortcuts

Hide/show selection Show/hide floorplans

Make transparent/opaque Create section plane

Restore view Create section box

Add model Create dimension

Create line, arrow, ellipse,

cloud, rectangle or text annotation

SHIFT

SHIFT

CTRL Measure on top of section plane

Measure shortest distance

between two pointsSHIFT

Cancel dimensioning tool

Quick Start Guide Evaluate

Quick Start Guide Evaluate

Smart views

Smart views allow you to define filters to show

and color objects based on their properties.

Smart views can be used to quickly gain insight

in the quality of the information in your BIM

model against requirements.

Use auto color to automatically classify

components based on the values of the

selected property. The legend can be used

to interactively go through all materials,

classification, or any property you want.

Smart views can be shared with team members

through BIMcollab synchronization, or they

can be exported.

Clash detection (pro feature)

Use clash detection to locate colliding or

duplicated components. You can choose

predefined groups of components and set

tolerances.

ZOOM provides options to group your issues

based on several properties and allows for

three different visualization modes: default,

selected, and schematic.

When reviewing results, use the batch generate

issue to report multiple clashes or groups of

clashes as issues.

Fully functional example rules can be used

when connecting to the BIMcollab example

project on join.bimcollab.com.

Property listing (pro feature)

Use the Property listing of Auto color to quickly

sum, average, min or max numerical properties

of your project. ZOOM will list all properties

based on your criteria and apply the operator

of your choice.

‘Copy table’ and ‘Export to CSV’ are found

under the right click menu. Use this to export

your data for further analysis in your preferred

tool.

Sharing smart views and clash rules

Share predefined validation rules within your

team with a simple drag & drop. When you are

connected to a project in BIMcollab, the shared

node becomes enabled. Rules within this node

are stored on a project basis.

You can drag or create shared rules and

synchronize them with your team. You can also

copy them from the shared enviroment to local

to re-use them in another project.

Alternatively you can click the option button,

and export the smart view or clash rule

configuration.

Issue management

Connect to a project on BIMcollab Cloud or

on join.bimcollab.com for the best experience.

Alternatively, use the manual import of BCF

files.

Create new issues or review and manage

existing ones directly from the 3D window.

Publish all changes to BIMcollab Cloud.

Manage properties by selecting type, area,

label, milestone or status and assign issues to

team members to follow up.

All issue-management features of BIMcollab

are supported in the issue tab, when connected.

Annotations

Add Text, Lines, Arrows, Circles, Rectangles or

Clouds to your 3D views to emphasize specific

areas of interest.

Annotations are created in the plane clicked.

Hold SHIFT to place annotations in the plane

facing the camera.

Select annotations to change properties like

line-thickness, color and arrow.

Change size with the grips or drag to move

them in their plane. Use SHIFT to offset from

that plane.

Annotations are saved with issues uploaded to

BIMcollab.

Colors

Highlight any component or set of components.

Colors will be saved with issues uploaded to

BIMcollab or exported to a BCF file.

See colors stored in issues from other software.

Quick Start Guide Collaborate

Quick Start Guide Collaborate

Dimensioning

Annotate issues with the 3D dimensioning tool.

Move your cursor and hover above the starting

point of your measurement.

start at an edge, corner or a plane which will be

indicated by the mouse cursor plus:

• Edges will be highlighted in red

• Corners will be indicated by a circle

• Planes will be indicated by a square

Receive a preview of the measurement as you

move the mouse cursor.